The Copper Peacock: a hideous bookmark given to Bernard, a writer, by his attractive cleaning lady, Judy. She had brought order to a hitherto chaotic life, but now the bookmark destroys all this, shattering his razor sharp sensibilities. If only she had given herself, then she might have lived... In this, and eight other landmark short stories, including the Wexford...

Perhaps more than any other book The Thirty-Nine Steps has set the pattern for the story of the chase for a wanted man. And, of the many writers who have attempted this kind of thing since Buchan, only a very few, like Graham Greene, have managed to sustain the tension in the same way. The main character is Buchan's familiar...

Erin and Darcy, answering personal ads as research for a TV show, discover a whole new New York sub-culture - adulterers, con men, the shy and frankly weird, all looking for love. And one man looking for something darker . . . A serial killer who has just got away with murder for fifteen years, and has promised himself just...

The winter before he was sixteen, amateur magician Pup made a Faustian pact and sold his soul to the devil. He wasn't quite sure what he was going to get in exchange. Pup's older sister, Dolly, is manically obsessed with her birthmark, believing it is responsible for her status as a social outcast. She becomes pathologically transfixed by Pup's dabbling...

Someone, somewhere is killing young women. And scalping them. Appointed head of the task force to catch the serial killer, tough DA Kathryn Mackay is soon caught up in the crossfire between press, TV and the police- and reporter Ricardo Sanchez who seems to know more than he should. Soon the killer is on her case too-sending cryptic taunting note;...

Three compelling Wexford mysteries in one volume: A GUILTY THING SURPRISED Someone must have had good reason to murder Mrs Elizabeth Nightingale on a dark September night. And as Detective Chief Inspector Wexford investigates, he discovers sinister undercurrents and dramatic secrets beneath the placid surface of the Nightingales' lives... NO MORE DYING THEN Seven-and-a-half months after the first disappearance, five-year-old...

Martin Urban is a quiet bachelor with a comfortable life, free of worry and distractions. When he unexpectedly comes into a small fortune, he decides to use his newfound wealth to help out those in need. Finn also leads a quiet life, and comes into a little money of his own. Normally, their paths would never have crossed. But Martin's...

Three decades after her pioneering anthology, Daughters of Africa, Margaret Busby curates an extraordinary collection of contemporary writing by 200 women writers of African descent, including Zadie Smith, Bernardine Evaristo and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. A glorious portrayal of the richness and range of African women's voices, this major international book brings together their achievements across a wealth of genres. From...

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time 'Grabs you from the first page and never lets go' 5***** Reader Review 'Excellent. Awell plotted story with plenty of twists and turns' 5***** Reader Review 'Flawlessly researched with a gripping plot' 5***** Reader Review ______ Steeplechase jockey Derek Franklin has had more broken...

A gripping tragedy of crime and class, widely regarded as one of multi-million copy and SUNDAY TIMES bestselling authorRuth Rendell's seminal masterworks and a crime fiction classic. Fans of PD James, Ann Cleeves and Donna Leon will not be disappointed. 'One of her masterpieces' -- Telegraph 'A classic' - The Times 'Quite possibly the best crime book I have ever...

Discover the classic mystery from Dick Francis, one of the greatest thriller writers of all time 'Keeps you enthralled all the way through' 5***** Reader Review 'Full of intrigue from start to finish. Another Dick Francis success' 5***** Reader Review 'Edge-of-your-seat reading' 5***** Reader Review ______ Ex-steeplechaser Randall Drew is reluctantly off to pre-Olympic games Moscow, as a favour to...

1991 Near Checkpoint Zulu, one hundred miles from the Kuwaiti border, British journalist Thomas Benton meets American private Arwood Hobbes. Desert Storm is over, and peace has been declared. As the two argue about whether it makes sense to cross the nearest border, they become embroiled in a horrific attack in which a young local girl in a green dress...